MAKE YOUR DISTRICT KKOtf'H. jL - A . , Concerning some parts of this exten sive district news comes but seldom. This i^ not entirely our fault; we have no miraculous power of knowing what is happening at all the places within our area of circulation. It is the fault of residents in the silent places. Will some man or woman take the matter in hand and causc the silence to /Cease. If no one else is . doing ,it for your district will YOU try on these lines ? Send accounts of public and social events in your township or neighbour hood, such as weddings, deaths, accid ents, concerts, sports, social gatherings, matters touching district industries, etc. Write the n^nes uf persons and pl;nc very distinct'. • ' Uon't bnt' , v - ifg .* itVtlx': • &amp;lt;>rk to .:iu»k' afu*i UiUfC trifle* o "uiest skeleton is Write","*' ; Mde uf the p.ip-'r. . . Give • : , ' hut 'let ciilirUm . «l.nu. ' cnrm-i fir

- What is Supporting the Local Press? . , What is supporting life local press:— I Isit sending complimentary tickets and j handbills (printed in other towns) with a request to attend and givo ft report (for' -thogood of theeause)of the concert, social, j •demonstration or religious meeting when the Hftinb has not been advertised in the "local.paper? Ah ! no, my dear bretheru, it is not. Is it supporting the pre s to give one inch "advt" and want a £'2 report? No, my dearly beloved brethovn, tho perspiring journalist cannot wash his hands in innocency and iind bread, &amp;o., for his family is kssk or v,s vassk, pay rent, wages, taxes, and other heavy charges, unless he is supporleddocentJy, unless all printing bo kept in the district, or unless he receives good adveitising support Notwithstanding a custom very largely followed, I say don't be mean ivith the press—encourage it and support it; don't | send work out of the district. IJerucm* bcr the press is what you make it. Press...

. CLEVER TRICK PUZZLE. I To.perform this, you will ncsd only n piece of paper, or (arduonrd, and scissors. Cut . out J7 slips, 3ln. lonji by iin. wide, and plncc them on a table so as to form six perfect squares, as shown in tin Illustration, though of course, the slips are not to be numbered. Wc show them num bered to aid you in the solution. Some of the strips will slightly over lap others. The puzzle is to take away five clips, aud have thtcu perfect squares left. - ;-In..n. company..- .0. •'prize may-be offered tor tlio quio'u'nt j solution. They mny nil look at the j one (ij;uru as you have formed it on the table, you may rurnish caeh mem ber of the company with 17 slips, i and offer the prize to the one who ' will first form the original figure, 1 and then the three squares by talang away the live slips. The .solution is accoraplhhed by taking away slips two, seven, nine, 14, and 17, and you will have tho three squares left. •- ... y. j

NO NEED. A young woman living in tlie heart af Liverpool came Into a fortune, nml promptly hunted up ft country house, where she played the role of , chatelaine to the manner hoin. tie- 1 cording to her own ideas of the part. One day some of her old-time friends came to sec ber, and she con descended to show them over the ; place. i "What beautiful chickens !" cx lUuuhmI the visitors, whin they' conic to the poultry-yard. "Yes, all prize birds," haughtily explained the hoRtcss. "Do they lay every day ?" "Oh, they cot:!#, of'course; but," grandHofiuintly; "in &amp;lt;y.ir l o ition, you see, it isn't occjssavy for thero to do so." The morning was an inauspicious one for the new barber, for lie had just started ... business. Hut he was full of hope, and as he industriously scraped away at his tirst customer he made the usual inquiry "Nazor all right, sir ?" ".My good man," said the customer "if you hadn't mentioned it I should never have known there was a razor on my face." The to...

THE WOMAN OF THE FUTURE. . They had just. finished breakfast, And the woman : of the • future was about to start for biisinsss. r Then, to her no> little-surprise, hor husband to.se- from his,seat at the table,. Hung his .arms about Iilt neck," and kissed Jior. ' Why, Khe. ruminated, was In so un usually. demonstrative Ibis morning ? She knew these men ! I • '"Dearest," he murmured, as he took both of her hunds in his, "I love you more than words nm tell !" She regarded him suspiciously. "Oh, you do—do you?" she retort ed, shortly. "What is it now—a new silk hat or a pair of trousers ?"

Correspondence. Silt,—'Tho way your correspondent, John Clarke, has so beautifully described our district in his letter leads tne to say that ho would make an excellent cbsmo grapher, that is of cour.sc If ito were nut such a ignoramus. There is really nothing to answer in his letter for I never condemned the farmers in my previous letter. No one with n urain of sense would do that. About the farmers roads made by the brainy pioneers las quoted by your correspondent) I am snro all your readers will agroe that the strain on the brains of tho folk who mide these roads must havo been tiemenduous, for a great deal uf intelligence is required to grub out n few stumps, and 1 am not surprised that a large number of these workers gave way under the strain. Lastlv, I would advise John to keep his ideas to himse'f in the fnturo. and not use such remarks when describing a body of re spcctable citizens.— •\ours, etc. LIMELIGHT.

Meatian. (niOM OL'K OW.V.COimKSl'O.VIlKNT.) A great many of the farmers 111 this district have made a start (jett ing tlioir land ready for thoseed, and a good fill of rain would assist them very much in that direction, as it would start the weeds germinating on the falow land, and so ensure a cleaner crop at harvest time. Some, who are fortunate enough in having clean land, have' already made' a start sowing (broad-casting). Feed is becoming very scarce with a num ber of the farmers, and tho • dam are beginning to get very low. Thi shows the necessity of farmers mak ing a larger water storage on their, holdings, as urged by the Water Commission^

Cycling and Motor Notes. [By Our Special Correspondent.] This year's (Jrand Prix*set down for run ning bn*«Iuly 4th, promises to l»e one of the most spectacular and tnorrt keenly contested motorcar road raws yet IteM in the world 'Hie.splendid t.»tnl of 39 entries has already been received, ami tliero may vet 1«> other* iitdoublo tees This year'sraevwilllwheld Mini 231 miles oinaiit near Lyons (I-Vanee). which willV negotiated twenty tinn-s. mak ing u total of abuut 470 miles. 'Tlieeontesl will r ho a thoroughly international one, as tho following countries will Irj repre sented:—France with~12ears : Kngland with six : Uermany w'itU eight: Italy with nun-; Belgium wirh two, awl Switzerland with two. One 'of the most interesting features of the nice will be the re-entry.of the Mcr «rtSh\s;C?ar into the meing world, this Iteing i'tluV".jiist omasum ii|>on which the yiv.it Ginstainirm have raced u ear since carry ing oil* the &amp;lt;!rand Priv in 190S. Some of the entries ar...

ULTIMA RACES. ;Q; A SUCCESSFUL AND KNJOV ABLR MEETING, ltienl \ve!Uhev favoured the 1'iuv.i club for theirunnunl meeting liclil011 Monday last, when there was a very satisfactory attendance. The gather in« included a considerable number oHudies, who, gurbed in the daintest of summer toilettes, gave an added itouch of plctiiiesqueness to the kalei doscopic proceedings. The book" ■making fraternity were also well re presented, and there was a goodly avrav of motot cars. The Ultima district brass hand, under tlw baton of Bandmaster Thomas greatly en hanced the pleasure of the proceed-1 ings by their admirably rendered selections given at intervals during the afternoon. Tho publican's booth was. under the management of the club, and a brisk business was done throughout. A refreshment booth was also similarly patronised. All the arrrtngeinonts were well carried out, the racing being interesting and enjoyable, with no accidents to mav the "pleasure of the proceedings'. Much annoyance was ...

■. Waitchie South. (Prow Our Own Correspondent). SCHOOL COMMITTEE. At a mooting or paronts hold at Waitcliio ."•'ouch, tho following ladies and gentleman were appointed us a committee of the local Stato School: —Mo3dum33 Domaille, W, Nanear row. and Messrs 1'oinaille, J. Burns, K. Jilbert, W. Nancarrow and J." Harris. DAMAGK BY STORM. A sovere thunderstorm, which was experienced here during the early part of last week, caused some da mage to a number of farmers. Mr Tlios. Hamilton, was the most un fortunate [in this respect, owing to losing four valuable sheeep. When the storm had subdued, Mr Hamilton ventured into his paddock and was surprised to lind his 3heep laying dead close to a wire fonca. It is surmised that the lightening was re sponsible fcr his loss.

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'Cbe CUthua Star 4j ■ CHHlmoollah express ,y Friday. March 27. . A conccrt and dance, promoted by Mr A- t». Iloskcn, wilt bo held in the Uilitu.-v hall on Wednesday, April 7th. in aid of thoz-funds of the local library.—bee Advt. Mr Alf. Van, builder and contractor of Ultima, notifies the public by advt. in tbis issue that be has for »:l1o u largo quantity of hard and softwood timber, galvanized iron, ridging and spouting, for cash at lowest rates. j ,-inartb - The sale of the Ultima .Railway Hotel aud .sale yards which was advertised to take plncc on Wednesday last has been . postponed to a future date. Tlie funds in aid of the Waitch'o ilall will benefit to the extent of about £-0 us a result of the sports meeting, concert and ball, held on Thursday, March 8tl»t Members of the Ladies Guild in con nect ion with the Methodist Church are reminded that a meeting will take place on Thursday, April 2nd, in Mrs W. Nulder\s residence, at U p.m. The High Court has given an iuipor* tani. de...